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September 2015 BOV personnel resolutions

The William & Mary Board of Visitors approved several personnel resolutions at its September 2015 meeting regarding designated professorships, leaves of absence and the appointment of instructional faculty and professional faculty. - Ed.

The following people have been appointed to fill vacancies in the instructional faculty:

NICHOLAS L. BALASCIO, Assistant Professor of Geology

BRIAN BEACH, Assistant Professor of Economics

GRAHAM HENSHAW, Clinical Lecturer and Executive Director, Entrepreneurship Center

ADWAIT JOG, Assistant Professor of Computer Science

JEFFREY M. KAPLOW, Assistant Professor of Government

PRIYA MUKHERJEE, Assistant Professor of Economics

AHN T. NINH, Assistant Professor of Mathematics

JAY R. POPEJOY, Assistant Professor of Military Science

NATHAN RABALAIS, Assistant Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures

FARAZ M. SHEIKH, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies

GUANNAN WANG, Assistant Professor of Mathematics

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The following people have been appointed to fill vacancies in the professional faculty:

M. KATHRYN BURDETTE, Senior Projects Editor, Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, effective July 1, 2015

MIKE CALDWELL, Director, Business Careers and Employer Development, Cohen Career Center, effective July 25, 2015

VIRGINIA CHEW, Managing Editor of Books, Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, effective July 1, 2015

KEVIN CLANCEY, Staff Psychologist, William & Mary Counseling Center, effective June 25, 2015

KATHERINE R. FRENCH, Director of Admissions, Public Policy Program, effective September 2, 2015

CHIQUITA GELDORP, Assistant Director, Business Careers/Marketing, Cohen Career Center, effective June 25, 2015

RICHARD N. LONG, Assistant Director of Regional Advancement - Virginia, effective April 25, 2015

MICHAEL T. MURPHY, Director of Academic and Technology Support, effective September 10, 2015

MARGARET T. MUSSELWHITE, Managing Editor, William & Mary Quarterly, Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, effective July 1, 2015

ROBERT A. ROSE, Director, Center for Geospatial Analysis, effective July 10, 2015

SEAN M. SCHOFIELD, Assistant Director, Internship Coordinator, Cohen Career Center, effective May 25, 2015

STEVEN W. STAFFORD, Senior Civil/Structural Review Engineer, effective August 25, 2015

FREDRIKA JOHANNA TEUTE, Editor of Books, Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, effective July 1, 2015

RANDY K. TRIPP, Associate Dean of Admission, effective October 10, 2015

NADINE ZIMMERLI, Associate Editor of Books, Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, effective July 1, 2015

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The following members of the instructional faculty have been recommended for designated professorships: 

MATTHEW J. ALLAR, Class of 1955 Associate Professor of Theatre, Speech and Dance

PAULA C. BLANK, Sallie Gertrude Smoot Spears Professor of English

NANCY COMBS, Ernest W. Goodrich Professor of Law

NEAL E. DEVINS, Sandra Day O’Connor Professor of Law

H. KATHERINE GUTHRIE, Mansfield Associate Professor of Business

PAUL MANNA, Isabelle and Jerome E. Hyman Distinguished University Professor of Government

CHRISTINE L. NEMACHECK, Wilson and Martha Claiborne Stephens Associate Professor of Government

PATRICIA L. VAHLE, Mansfield Associate Professor of Physics

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The following faculty members have requested a leave of absence without pay or partial pay during the 2015-2016 academic year:


EDDIE RICE COLE
, Assistant Professor of Education, to accept a Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship with the National Academy of Education

NICHOLAS J. SANDERS, Assistant Professor of Economics, to pursue educational objectives and research opportunities at Cornell University

CRISTINA STANCIOIU, Assistant Professor of Art History, to accept a fellowship with the Council of American Overseas Research Centers’ Mediterranean Region

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